Roasted chicken

Serve with rice.

I never tried making a whole chicken before, only those ready marinated that you just put in to the oven and eat. My parents made the roasted chicken when I was a child and it was quite awful and dry. I think my traumas come from there. But I decided to give another chance.

For 2-3 persons you will need

1 whole chicken
1 lemon
1 tea spoon of honey
Rosemary
Basil
Salt
Pepper
Olive oil

Let the chicken to be
30 minutes in the room
temperature.

Rub the chicken with salt and let it be in the room temperature for at least for 30 minutes or more. Slice the lemon and put it in to the chicken with the herbs and some olive oil. Rub olive oil on the outside of the chicken and then with honey, salt and pepper.

Place the chicken in a crock pot chest side up. Put the chicken in the oven and cook it in 225 ˚C for 15 minutes. Lower the temperature after this to 175 ˚C and let the chicken be in the oven for about an hour. Take the chicken out from the oven and let it rest for about 15 minutes.

Serve with rice. If you want some taste in the rice let them be in the fat that is left in the crock pot. Not the healthiest option but a tasty one.

Stuff the chicken with herbs
and lemon.

Rub salt, pepper and honey
on the outside.